ea0073aep221 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2021
Guillermo Velasco de Cos
, Diaz-Faes Angela Gonzalez
, Ruiz Armando Guerra
, Maguregui Ricardo Batanero
, Lopez Elena Gonzalez
, Coral Montalbán Carrasco
, Bernardo Alio Lavín Gómez
, María Teresa García-Unzueta
, Luis Alberto Vázquez Salvi
Introduction Angiopoietin-like 4 protein (ANGPTL-4) is importantly produced in adipose tissue, mediates the inhibition of lipoprotein-lipase and has been recently related with the risk of atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Bariatric surgery has demonstrated improvements in lipid profile, T2D and cardiovascular risk. But information about ANGPTL-4 circulating levels in severe obesity and after bariatric surgery is scarce.Obj...